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People walk past JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters in New York. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the U.S., said it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money.  (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP) Overcoming poverty through teaching In Mississippi, where the poverty rate is 22 percent and many high schoolers fail to graduate, 62-year old Carl Palmer provides lessons on how to overcome poverty. This is his first year as a principal. CBS News US science achievement still lags behind that of international competitors U.S. News & World Report After 32 years, dad is Minnesota grad Bob Alberti started at the University of Minnesota in 1980 and, with gaps along the way, took classes for 20 years. Graduation was always his goal. But there were other goals, too — starting a company, a family. Star Tribune   JP Morgan’s $2B blunder A massive trading bet boomeranged on J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., leaving the bank with at least $2 billion in trading losses and its chief executive, James Dimon, with a black eye. Wall Street Journal Blog: JP Morgan debacle reveals fatal flaw in federal reserve thinking Huffington Post JP Morgan’s big loss CNBC Bank stocks hurt Yahoo! News Historic presidential debate in Egypt Two of the top candidates running to become Egypt‘s first post-revolution president have squared off in the Arab world’s first televised presidential debate. Al Jazeera Egypt’s presidential debate CNN Same Bible, but a different verdict on same-sex marriage When President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, he referred to his Christian faith. Many other people cited their faith to disagree, raising questions about religion. NPR Review: Gay rights backers review Obama’s stand on gay marriage Philadelphia Inquirer   NATION One World Trade Center may not achieve ‘America’s tallest building’ status Many say the logic of One World Trade Center’s design was to make it a symbol of resilience, building the America’s tallest building after a tragedy. But a redesign may take away its expected status. CBS News Rebuilding the World Trade Center BBC Medicare paid $5.6B to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billing A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions for two patients in a single year. It is the latest incident in questionable billings uncovered by federal investigators. Star Tribune POLITICS On defense cuts, both parties are far out of step with voters An unusual new survey shows the average American favors cutting the Pentagon budget by $103 billion — far more than Obama or Republicans have proposed. The Atlantic GOP plan cuts social programs to protect Pentagon Msnbc.com Romney to shift campaign focus from gay rights to economy Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery and his vision for America after spending a day restating his opposition to gay marriage. San Jose Mercury News BUSINESS Bing to duel Google by introducing Facebook-friendly format Microsoft’s Bing search engine is heading in a new direction, as it drills deeper into Facebook’s social network and Twitter’s messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google. Chicago Sun-Times Oil boom resurrects ghost town Like many farm-dependent communities throughout the nation, Dore, North Dakota, fell victim to changing agricultural practices and a harsh rural economy. Star Tribune The $1 billiion new town where nobody’s home Sydney Morning Herald EDUCATION To educate children, we have to consistently teach their parents Over the past 50 years, remarkable progress has been made ensuring that children receive basic education. However, in education, as with other developmental challenges, progress is uneven. Slate Federal appeals court rules in favor of teachers in training Thousands of teachers in training in California can remain in their classrooms and be assigned to low-income and minority areas at least through mid-2013, a federal appeals court ruled. San Francisco Chronicle Textbook alternative Open-source textbooks, long considered a promising way to cut costs but still not widely used, could become more readily available as a University of Minnesota project expands. Inside Higher Ed HEALTH The alarm clock effect In the industrialized world, a conflict between two opposing forces — biology and the alarm clock — is helping to make people fat, research suggests. LiveScience Too fat for anesthesia? Suction cups may help msnbc.com The long, lethal shadow of asbestos Anyone in the U.S. with a TV or Internet connection probably knows lawyers want the business of people exposed to asbestos, and they are paying for it. Reuters RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Nonbelievers flex their political muscles The Secular Coalition for America, an umbrella organization that represents 11 nontheistic groups, is looking to take its secular-based activism out of the nation’s capital and into the states. Religion News Service Daughter finds mother’s dreams and prayers in ‘God Box’ Mary Lou Quinlan always knew that her mother, Mary Finlayson, kept a God Box, a simple container where she put her prayers and dreams for everyone she knew and even those she did not know. Huffington Post   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Michael Moore): Why US veterans’ benefits matter Telegram & Gazette Column (David Sirota): Guns and butter economy Salon Blog (Andrew J. Rotherham): What do we do about poor science scores? Take kids outside  (TIME) Ideas Column (Ronnie Cummins): Junk food taxes to help defray cost of healthcare? McClatchy Newspapers Editorial (Thurston): President Obama’s momentous evolution on same-sex marriage Tampa Tribune Column (Jon Carroll): Occupy the Farm digs in San Francisco Chronicle Column (David Cole): No accountability for torture Al Jazeera Cartoon (Joe Heller): Looks like Memorial Day has come early this year Christian Science Monitor   Site edited by: Lavanya Rajagopalan, Tanya Flowers, Diana Shaw, Harsha Malik, Laura Olson, Mark Rittenmeyer, Shahinaz Ayoub, Tamara Dixon, Paul Wertheim, Elizabeth Stoycheff, Jessica Duncan, Kristen Podgurski and Carla Baranauckas.   GOOD NEWS Small island states in clean energy race The Caribbean island of Dominica leads the group of 52 small-island developing states aiming for a 45 percent cut in emissions over the next 18 years. Guardian Why teen driving deaths have tumbled to historic lows Traffic fatalities are hitting record lows for all drivers, but the drop among teen drivers is especially important, given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens. Christian Science Monitor Underwater California homeowners to get more help The state-run Keep Your Home California program will use federal money to reduce an eligible homeowner’s mortgage balance by up to $100,000. San Francisco Chronicle WORLD International adoptions drop; experts cite fraud crackdowns, policy shifts The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a decline attributed to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sluggish economy and rising domestic adoption. Star Tribune Chinese food security may be motivating investments in Africa Within 20 to 30 years, it is expected that China may need to import an extra 100 million tons of food a year to meet the appetites of its middle classes. Guardian SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Driverless cars and how they would change motoring Nevada has licensed Google to test its driverless car on public roads. Assuming the technology eventually becomes commercially viable, how would a car that drives itself change the way we drive? BBC Why Google’s self-driving car may save lives CNNMoney Why computers still cannot translate languages automatically The dream of using computers to translate human language goes back to the very early days of computing, when computers still used vacuum tubes. But it has consistently proved elusive. Slate Space taxi developed by Astrium and NASA contractors A space taxi is being developed by NASA contractors and European space agency Astrium using a prototype spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep-space Orion capsule. Telegraph.co.uk ENVIRONMENT Plastic card makes landfall in Alaska after 33-year sea voyage A plastic card has been found on the coast of Alaska, after a potential 88,000-mile journey. The card was one of thousands put into the Bering Sea to find out where oil would go if there was a spill. Msnbc.com Scientists urge governments to solve environmental ‘dilemmas’ The world’s leading scientific institutions have urged governments to focus on three “global dilemmas”: growing demands for water and energy, natural disasters and measuring carbon dioxide. Guardian Blog: Global warming: an exclusive look at James Hansen’s scary new math Ecocentric (TIME) LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Alaska man plans year on uninhabited Latouche Island Charles Baird, a 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker, plans to go off the grid when he moves to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Unprecedented Maya mural found, contradicts 2012 myth In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists have uncovered the only known mural adorning an ancient Maya house, a new study says — and it is not just any mural. National Geographic An Olympic love story that sparked a fashion empire Today, Missoni is a global brand that designs everything from sweaters to hotels, but none of it would have happened had it not been for the 1948 London Olympics. Reuters SPORTS Has horse racing become America’s most dangerous game? Industry practices continue to put both horses and riders in harm’s way. On average, 24 horses a week die at racetracks in the U.S. Many horses run with injuries masked by painkillers. NPR NFL looking for replacement referees The NFL is looking for potential replacement officials while it negotiates with the officials’ association on a new contract. USA TODAY   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Antennas in your clothes? 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